In the community hospital of Cite Soleil, Haiti, one in 5 children admitted with diarrhea die. This rate was thought to be abnormally high because most of diarrhea mortality can be averted by the use of standard treatment
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The purpose of this study was to determine the pathogenesis and etiology of microsporidia in HIV-infected patients. All HIV-infected patients, seeking care at the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans, submitting a stool specimen between...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the applicability of the case-control method in the detection of relevant behavioral characteristics. This will aid in the design of interventions to reduce the occurrence of severe diarrhea among...

High prevalence of childhood disease and low use of health facilities are reported for developing countries. In this study factors affecting the incidence of fever, cough and diarrhea and the factors predicting health facility use in rural DRC were...